Education disparity I consider the education the most important thing. This is the inducement of everything. It is the basis‚ the key of everything what then you can rely on. The inequality in the education was always an issue everywhere in the world‚ where a minority is exist. Not just in the developing countries‚ for instance Africa‚ but in the developed countries too. The lack of good education is I think the first issue facing various societies all over the world. A good education‚ which is
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Sexual coercion in prison is a more polite way of saying prison rape or pressure to have sex and giving into the pressure. Prison sex is a topic not many‚ like to touch on. However it is estimated that thousands of men‚ mostly young‚ or incapable of defending themselves have been coerced into performing sexual acts in prison. Another less talked about topic‚ or less understood is the primal need for companionship. Homosexual activity happens in prisons through out the world and through out
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Corrections | Copyright © 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course is an introduction to the various components of the corrections system within the criminal justice system. It provides an overview of corrections‚ including corrections history‚ the persons‚ agencies‚ and organizations that manage convicted offenders. Other topics that are covered include policy and procedure‚ sentencing‚ probation‚ and
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Ethics Issue: Is it ethical for an American company to operate a sweatshop in a foreign country? Facts: According to the US Department of Labor‚ a sweatshop is an employer that violates more than one federal or state labor law governing minimum wage and overtime‚ child labor‚ industrial homework‚ occupational safety and health‚ workers compensation or industry [1]. As we examine the effects that sweatshops have on the employees in the foreign country‚ most American’s would agree that forcing
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“deinstitutionalize” the mentally ill – prisons and jails became the new de facto mental health asylums. In 2015‚ according to the Treatment Advocacy Center‚ in 44 of the 50 states‚ “the largest prison or jail held more people with serious mental illness than the largest psychiatrist hospital.” Therefore‚ in a country where incarcerating people with mental challenges seems to be a more viable option than treatment‚ it is inevitable to question the policies and
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In today’s society there are many Health disparities that affect millions of Americans each year. Approximately 1.5 million people‚ who die each year‚ die from chronic diseases that are listed as one of the top 10 global health disparities. The type of health disparities that Americans face are Heart disease‚ Cardiovascular disease‚ Type II Diabetes‚ Colon cancer‚ and Obesity. Heart disease is the leading cause of death throughout the world. Cardiovascular disease and cancer account for almost two-thirds
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concern for releasing inmates appear to be lack of social support‚ lack of medical support and lack of community resources to regain a place in society (education‚ employment‚ housing‚ transportation). Multiple measures would need to be used to find the appropriate treatment plan for each inmate. Ideally starting with a pre-release program to prepare inmates for reentry into normal life would be the best preventative measure. A social worker could use a genogram with the inmate to establish positive
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Prisoners have constitutional rights but those rights need to be balanced with the operation of a jail or prison. There are mandatory rights the administrators of prisons and jails need to provide but they are balanced so that facility can meet court requirements and maintain a safe operation. We will discuss these issues in detail. The first thing we need to remember is that prisoners do not have full constitutional rights; after all they have been convicted of a crime so they do loose some
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In the 1825 case of Eakin v. Raub‚ Pennsylvania Justice John Bannister Gibson declared that the judicial branch of the government had no right to influence or control the actions of any other branch of the government. Thus‚ Justice Gibson declared the act of judicial review unconstitutional and in disagreement with the proper role of the judiciary as inherently defined by the constitution. The proper roles and powers of the judiciary branch of the government‚ as conveyed to it by the constitution
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Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is a problem largely attributed to the increase of drug convictions. Decades of tough-on-crime laws coupled with minimal financing for treatment programs have left prisons overcrowded and under funded. With the advent of crack cocaine and the response of a scared nation President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs in 1982 (Clear‚ Cole‚ & Reisig‚ 2009). In 1987 congress implemented mandatory minimum sentencing effectively increasing the time
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